Malaya Tes' River, Batenevskiy Ridge, unit 6 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Khakasiya, Russian Federation (54.2° N, 90.8° E: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Usa Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• sample T67-79,60,83,84, 180 m thick, Sanashtykgol stage

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• massive limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. V. Osadchaya, L. N. Kashina, I. T. Zhuravleva and N. P. Borodina. 1979. Stratigrafiya i arkheotsiaty nizhnego kembriya Altaye-Sayanskoy skladchatoy oblasti [Lower Cambrian stratigraphy and archaeocyatha of the Altay-Sayan fold belt]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye 380:1-215 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81325: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae
Formosocyathus sp., Irinaecyathus cf. grandiperforatus, Irinaecyathus sp., Zonacyathus vermiculatus
Formosocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Irinaecyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Zonacyathus vermiculatus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae
Leptosocyathus sp.
Leptosocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Degeletticyathus sp., Baikalocyathus sp.
Degeletticyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Baikalocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tercyathidae
Tercyathellus altaicus, Clathricyathus cf. firmus
Tercyathellus altaicus archaeocyath sponge
Clathricyathus cf. firmus archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus unimurus
Archaeolynthus unimurus archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Globosocyathidae
"Globosocyathus cf. bellus" = Propriolynthus
"Globosocyathus cf. bellus" = Propriolynthus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra sp.
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Archaeocyathus cf. yavorskii
Archaeocyathus cf. yavorskii Vologdin 1931 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Loculicyathus membranivestites
Loculicyathus membranivestites archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Clathricoscinidae
Clathricoscinus infirmus, Clathricoscinus sanaschtykgolensis
Clathricoscinus infirmus archaeocyath sponge
Clathricoscinus sanaschtykgolensis Osadchaya et al. 1979 archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus dianthus
Coscinocyathus dianthus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathellidae
Coscinocyathellus sp.
Coscinocyathellus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Uralocyathellidae
"Uralocyathella sp." = Rhabdolynthus
"Uralocyathella sp." = Rhabdolynthus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Capsulocyathus irregularis
Capsulocyathus irregularis archaeocyath sponge
Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp.
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886